Crock Pot Meal for One - Ribs and Baked Potato

The easiest thing I made last week was beef short ribs and a baked potato. It doesn't exactly scream Skinny Girl anything, but it was delicious, and sometimes that's all that really matters.

I marinated the short ribs in a premade (gasp!) Korean BBQ sauce. I used the Bibigo brand that I bought at Target. This is the only place I know you can buy the stuff other than going to the actual "fast food" chain. You could use whatever sauce you want though. I use about 3/4-1 cup of sauce, just for the ribs to sit in, not drown in. This is personal preference because I like the meat to have crunchy bits. I just put the ribs and sauce in a Slow Cooker bag (in the Crock Pot dish) and stored it in the fridge for a day. If you aren't using Slow Cooker bags, you're spending too much time cleaning up after you use the Crock Pot. Trust me, and use them.

In the morning, I put the dish in the base. By base, I mean the metal part. So, whatever you want to call it. Then I take a potato, wrap it in foil, and place it between the bag and the dish (not in the bag with the sauce). Lid goes on. Crock Pot cooks on low all day. I go to work (then the gym) and come home.

By the time I get home, the meal has been cooking (turned on) for about 10 or 11 hours, and my apartment smells great! Dinner is ready and cleanup couldn't be easier. Voila.